Steam water-heater.



No. 691,528. Patented 1am; 2|, I902.

M. M. BROPHY. "STEAM WATER HEATER.

(Application filed Mar. 21 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

MICHAEL MARY BROPHY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

$TEAM WATER-H EATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691 ,528, dated January 21, 1902.

Application filed March 21,1901. Serial No. 52,198. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it nutty concern:

Be it known that LMICHAEL MARY BROPHY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 251 High Holborn, London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Steam Water-Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus of the kind described in the specification of former Letters Patent granted to me, No. 641,828, of 1900, for supplying hot or cold water in bathrooms, lavatories, pantries, and other places.

In the apparatus described in the specification above referred to the cocks for controlling the supply of steam and water were arranged above the spout of the basin, the steam and water both being carried up to the cocks through a column in passages adjacent to one another, with the result that when hot water had been drawn off these columns remained one full of steam and the other full of hot water. The proximity of the steam column to the column of hot water caused the latter to be frequently converted into steam, which was discharged. Furthermore, the cocks were constantly in a hot condition.

Now my present invention has for its object to obviate these defects, and to this end instead of arranging the cocks above the'outlet-spout, as above described, I fit them to the supply-pipes at the foot of the heater, means being provided for controlling the said cocks from a convenient position above the spout.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of my improved fitting, which is represented in conjunction with a portion of a basin or sink to which it is fitted. Fig. 2 is a sectional rear elevation of the same; and Figs. 3, 4:, and 5 are sections on the lines 3 3, 4 4, and 5 5, respectively, of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a sectional plan with certain parts removed, the section being taken on the line 6 6, Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation, drawn to an enlarged scale, of a rod con nection hereinafter described. Fig. 8 is a detail View of one of the operating-handles removed from the head and showing the inner face of the same. Fig. 9 is a view of the head taken from one side after the removal of the handle shown in Fig. 8.

a is a water-heater of the kind described in the specification of my said former patent, which heater is inclosed in a chamber Z), in the foot or base 0 of which are passages d e for cold water and steam, respectively, the passage 01 opening into the space around the heater a, while the passage 6 opens into the passage in the center of the heater a.

f g are the cooks for controlling the admission of water and steam into the heater, the said cocks being advantageously of the kind described in the specification of my application of even date herewith and having attached to them separators h h of the kind described in the specification of my pending application, Serial No. 49,933.

With the construction hereinbefore described the steam and water passed directly into the heater instead of having to pass up through the column of the fitting to the cocks at the top of the same and thence down again to the heater, as was the case with the construction described in the specification'before referred to.

From the top of the heater-chamber Z? extends a pipe with a single passage 2', which terminates in a spout j at the top of the fitting, this pipe being preferably formed with a flange 70 at its foot for bolting it onto the top of the heater, and formed externally with a strengthening-web I, as clearly shown in Figs. 3, t, and 5.

m is a head which is formed integral with the spout j, by means of which head the fitting can be secured, for instance, to a basin 7, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, by means of a nut o. This head m is formed with a hollow cylindrical portion 19, at the two ends of which aredisks q q, having upon them crank-pins r 1', which are connected by rods s s with the levers of the cooks f g, the said rods 8 8 extending down on each side of the web Z, as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4.. The cylindrical portion 10 of the head is provided at each end with an internal projection or web it", provided centrally of the said cylindrical portion with an outwardly-extending pivot it, having a threaded portion. The disks q q are pivotally mounted upon the pivotst tand are provided each with an annular groove fitting over the end of the cylindrical portion p. The disks are held in position by means of nuts 25 t, engaging the threaded portion of the pivots t t, and the said disks are also provided with arms or extensions u u, forming handles, the adjacent ends of which are adapted to overlap at u, as described in the specification before referred to, in such a manner that the handle by means of which the steamcock 9 is opened cannot be operated without also more or less opening the water-cock f.

As in practice when the fitting is applied to a basin, for instance, as shown, some difficulty might be experienced in connecting the rods .9 s to the cranks of the cocks, I form each of the said rodsin two parts, the adjacent ends of the two parts of each rod being advantageously halved and adapted to be fitted togetherfor instance, as shown at Fig. 7- and secured by means of a split clamp 12, having a set-screw w, (see also Fig. 4,) which when tightened holds the adjacent ends together.

With the construction hereinbefore described it will be apparent that as only a single passage extends upward to the spout j there will be no tendency of hot water in the said passage '5 being vaporized owing to the proximity of a steam-pipe, and, furthermore, as the steam-pipe does not extend to the top of the fitting, as in the previously- I described construction, the parts of the fitting which are liable to be handled by a person drawing water do not become inconveniently hot.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is 1. In apparatus for supplying hot and cold water, the combination with a chamber, a steam-heater located therein, said chamber being provided with separate steam and water inlets, and a separate valve controlling each of said inlets, of a head located at a distance from said chamber provided with a discharge-spout and a cylindrical portion adjacent thereto, a single pipe connecting said spout with the said chamber, two crank-disks mounted in said cylindrical portion of the head, each provided-with an operating-lever and a rod connecting each crank-disk with one of said controlling-valves, substantially as described.

2. In apparatus for supplying hot and cold water, the combination with a chamber, a steam-heater located therein, said chamber being provided with separate steam and water inlets, and a separate valve controlling each of said inlets, of a head located at adistance from said chamber provided with a dis charge-spout and a cylindrical portion adjacent thereto, a single pipe connecting said spout with the said chamber, two crank-disks mounted in said cylindrical portion of the head each provided with an operating-lever, and a longitudinally-adjustable rod connecting each crank-disk with one of said controlling-valves, substantially as described.

MICHAEL MARY BROPI-IY.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. BOUSFIELD, O. G. REDFERN. 

